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Arizona v. United States decided that states could not defend their own borders from an illegal alien invasion. As I wrote in December, the odds of the Supreme Court doing the right thing here was almost nil. Roberts predictably did not switch his vote and Amy Coney Barrett (one of the new three can almost always be counted on to stab us in the back) decided to side with the Biden administration in insisting that it could tear down the defenses put up by Texas against the illegal alien mass invasion.
The Republic of Texas however is standing strong.
Governor Greg Abbott today issued a statement on Texas’ constitutional right to defend and protect itself as President Joe Biden continues to attack Texas and refuse to perform his duties to secure the border.
“The Executive Branch of the United States has a constitutional duty to enforce federal laws protecting States, including immigration laws on the books right now,” reads the statement. “President Biden has instructed his agencies to ignore federal statutes that mandate the detention of illegal immigrants. The failure of the Biden Administration to fulfill the duties imposed by Article IV, § 4 has triggered Article I, § 10, Clause 3, which reserves to this State the right of self-defense. For these reasons, I have already declared an invasion under Article I, § 10, Clause 3 to invoke Texas’s constitutional authority to defend and protect itself. That authority is the supreme law of the land and supersedes any federal statutes to the contrary.”
And 25 governors have joined in its defense.
“We stand in solidarity with our fellow Governor, Greg Abbott, and the State of Texas in utilizing every tool and strategy, including razor wire fences, to secure the border. We do it in part because the Biden Administration is refusing to enforce immigration laws already on the books and is illegally allowing mass parole across America of migrants who entered our country illegally.
“The authors of the U.S. Constitution made clear that in times like this, states have a right of self-defense, under Article 4, Section 4 and Article 1, Section 10, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution. Because the Biden Administration has abdicated its constitutional compact duties to the states, Texas has every legal justification to protect the sovereignty of our states and our nation.”
Signatories include: Governor Kay Ivey (AL), Governor Mike Dunleavy (AK), Governor Sarah Sanders (AR), Governor Ron DeSantis (FL), Governor Brian Kemp (GA), Governor Brad Little (ID), Governor Eric Holcomb (IN), Governor Kim Reynolds (IA), Governor Jeff Landry (LA), Governor Tate Reeves (MS), Governor Mike Parson (MO), Governor Greg Gianforte (MT), Governor Jim Pillen (NE), Governor Joe Lombardo (NV), Governor Chris Sununu (NH), Governor Doug Burgum (ND), Governor Mike DeWine (OH), Governor Kevin Stitt (OK), Governor Henry McMaster (SC), Governor Kristi Noem (SD), Governor Bill Lee (TN), Governor Spencer Cox (UT), Governor Glenn Youngkin (VA), Governor Jim Justice (WV), and Governor Mark Gordon (WY).
A question is whether they’ll provide further support and materials for securing the border.
For now there’s a standoff.
Texas will keep on putting up wire and the Border Patrol will keep taking it down. Of course, any time that the Border Patrol has to spend removing Texas defenses, is time that it won’t be able to spend escorting illegal alien invaders into America.
The question is what happens if Texas escalates to defenses that are more difficult to remove. Before leaving office, Gov. Ducey in Arizona was putting up shipping containers. There are defenses Texas could put up that wouldn’t be removed with wire cutters.
And what happens if the Supreme Court rules to explicitly order Texas to cease and desist?
What happens if Biden moves to seize control over the Guard?
Those are explosive questions.that may well end up testing the limits of federal authority.
Democrat states had argued that they had the legal authority to defy the federal government when it came to immigration law producing ‘sanctuary states’. The legal double standard has been that Democrat states can defy the federal government to protect illegal aliens, but that Republican states can’t defy the federal government to keep illegal aliens out.
As cities are overrun with illegal aliens, the Biden administration is in a standoff that is not going to be popular with a public in blue states already drowning in illegal alien invaders.
Do states have a right to defend their own borders? Does America have a right to protect itself?
danknight says
… as usual … we’re decades late and trillions of dollars short …
By the time the soccer moms in Peoria figure out that the dangerous and violent ‘hoods in Dallas and Fort Worth can come to them … and they will be criminals if they protect themselves or their babies …
… it will be way too late.
In all honesty, nothing we can do legally or not … can stop what’s coming.
… Even if all the Leftists in government had a heart attack tomorrow …
… there are not enough of us left to fix everything …
We need a miracle …
Domenic Pepe says
The US elite ruling class no longer acts on behalf of, or in the interests of, America and real flesh
and blood, bona fide US Citizens anymore.
Now, America and US Citizens must recognize that Mexico and the Mexican government are the
enemy of America and real flesh and blood bona fide US Citizens, and act accordingly.
Mexico and the Mexican government itself have been for many years encouraging and promoting and facilitating the INVASION of the USA, and murdering more than 100,000 US citizens every year.
The Mexican President Obrador is a mass murderer of US citizens and has declared wat on America and US citizens.
Mexican President Obrador must be arrested/captured and brought to trial in the USA for mass murder of US citizens.
Beez says
His co-defendant would be Jobama the 3rd term termite.
Ugly Sid says
Biden’s number one impeachable offense, his refusal to enforce our immigration statutes, has reached a crescendo.
Hopefully, the impetus to impeachment will follow, in particular, sentiment within the US Senate, where a supermajority is required to convict.
There can be added the charge for Obstruction of Justice, plus the charge for Bribery, for both of which there exists ample, if not overwhelming, detailed specifications requiring conviction and removal.
His execution by hanging moves from a theoretical possibility, to a practical one.
I celebrate that our Republic stands to receive rescue from tyranny and collapse.
Jeff Bargholz says
Yes, Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada have already decided they’ve had enough of the illegal invasion and just wait until “red” states get a chance to vote.
Mark Cogley says
“Does America have a right to defend itself?” Against the “American” Federal Government? What does the term “America” mean in this context?
Domenic Pepe says
The US elite ruling class no longer acts on behalf of, or in the interests of, America and real flesh
and blood, bona fide US Citizens anymore.
Now, America and US Citizens must recognize that Mexico and the Mexican government are the
enemy of America and real flesh and blood bona fide US Citizens, and act accordingly.
Mexico and the Mexican government itself have been for many years encouraging and promoting and facilitating the INVASION of the USA, and murdering more than 100,000 US citizens every year.
The Mexican President Obrador is a mass murderer of US citizens and has declared wat on America and US citizens.
Mexican President Obrador must be arrested/captures and brought to trial in the USA for mass murder of US citizens.
NAVY ET1 says
My Governor’s in, and while there’s been no official word on sending the state’s National Guard, multiple citizen’s militia groups were in route from ‘The Volunteer State’ as of early 1/26. “Remember the Alamo” has become their call to action and we would do well to remember it and them.
Old Fogey says
Among the many wrong turns America has experienced is Marbury v. Madison. Nobody appointed the Supreme Court to interpret the Constitution. It’s abundantly clear that the Supremes are unreliable judges of the plain text of that document, since they agree with the roughly 90% of federal government action that overtly exceeds the 18 enumerated Powers of Congress. As for the Texas border, Article 1 imposes a guarantee of protection against invasion on Uncle Sam, and a feckless federal government that will not follow that requirement has no right to interfere with a state that joined the Union relying on that very guarantee. All the more to the point in Texas, given the border circumstances in 1845.
SPURWING PLOVER says
The State Bird of Texas is the Northern Mockingbird which are noted for their aggressive behavior and defense of its territory and the Word from that Bird is Mexican Vultures stay out and with 25 other states to back them up and screw Soros and the rest of the UN/Open Society Globalists
Onzeur Trante says
Bravo to Gov. Abbott and those who join with him to defang the Feds.
Jeff Bargholz says
Texas has its own Army, the Texas Military Forces, and either them or the National Guard just cleared a squatter army of wet backs and threw out the Border Control goons who had been protecting and caring for them, or whatever fed criminal organization they were.
Good times.
Domenic Pepe says
According to the US Constitution, any US state can itself take action on its own to stop an invasion
if the Federal Government will not, does not, or can not stop the invasion.
US Constitution …
Article I, Section X, Paragraph 3
“No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace,
enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War,
unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.”
Texas and Arizona and California, and many other US States are now being invaded from Mexico.
The political leaders and politicians and the courts refuse to enforce the US law and the Constitution.
Also, according to the US Constitution, Congress has the power to repel and stop an invasion of America.
US Constitution …
Article I, Section VIII, Paragraph 15
“The Congress shall have Power . . . To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union,
suppress Insurrections, and repel Invasions;”
Texas and Arizona and California, and many other US States are now being invaded from Mexico.
The political leaders and politicians and the courts refuse to enforce the US law and the Constitution.
Texas and other States and the USA are being INVADED … INVADED ,,, INVADED.
Get that through the treasonous thick sculls of Biden and his woke leftist depraved psychopathic administration.
America and its citizens are being BETRAYED … BETRAYED … BETRAYED by its elite ruling class leaders.
Something very effective must be done by US Citizens to stop this BETRAYAL of America.
Chris Shugart says
Some heavy stuff is coming down the pike, as Texas looks to be the flashpoint for a serious conflict. My questions are simple: Will it be civil war or revolution? And will it end with a bang or a whimper? Up until now, maybe it’s just been a lot of big talk. But I’m not convinced.
Beez says
Texas has thrown down the gauntlet to the feds.
JIM MAC-USMC says
I AGREE with Old Fogey 100% on the rights of the States, to Defend it’s borders.
SPURWING PLOVER says
Tell Gorge Soros to GO POUND SAND
roberta says
25 states. Using Obama math, that is almost half.